Police were repeatedly called to the home of the man who shot seven women at a suburban Milwaukee salon, but officers never made an arrest during any of their visits.

Officers went to the Brown Deer home of Radcliffe and Zina Haughton 20 times over the past decade, including at least seven visits to investigate possible domestic violence, according to a Wednesday, Oct. 24, report from the Milwaukee Journal Sentinel.

On Sunday, Radcliff Haughton went to his wife’s workplace, Azana Salon & Spa in Brookfield, shot and killed her and two other women and wounded four others before killing himself.

Zina Haughton had secured a restraining order against her husband in the days before the shooting and talked in court about how she feared for her life.

During a January 2011 visit to the couple’s home, officers thought they saw Radcliffe Haughton with a rifle and set up a perimeter around the house. They told Haughton he was under arrest and ordered him to surrender, but he refused. The officers left after 90 minutes without arresting him.

A misdemeanor charge of disorderly conduct was filed against Haughton, but the case was dismissed because Zina Haughton and the officer who could identify Radcliffe did not attend the court proceeding.

Village President Carl Krueger said the matter has been referred to the community’s fire and police commission, but added he did not want to second-guess the police officers’ decision that day.

“Obviously, in retrospect we regret the lady didn’t pursue the complaint against him, and we regret the ultimate result and we feel bad for the victims, but I don’t think it was something that we could have prevented unless we take up a policy of tear-gassing every house where a guy says he will not come out,” Krueger said.

Brown Deer Police Chief Steven Rinzel issued a statement this week about the incident, and said officers left the scene without making an arrest because they weren’t sure Haughton had a gun, thought he was alone in the house and didn’t think he posed a danger.

Rinzel also said another reason Haughton was not arrested was because Zina Haughton refused to cooperate and said she wasn’t afraid and hadn’t been injured.

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